Improvement in metallic fastenings for buckles and straps



H. H..MANSFIELD.-

Metallic Fastening for Buckies andStraps.

No. 58,657. Patented 0m. 9, 1866.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

H. H. MANSFIELD, OF SOUTH CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT lN METALLIC FASTENINGS FOR BUCKLES AND STRAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,657, dated October9, 1868.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, H. H. MANSFIELD, of South Canton, Norfolk county,and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and 1mproved MetallicBushing and Fastening for Buckles; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing'is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 represents a front view of a buckle, towhich two straps or webs are shown attached by means of my improvedmetallic bushing. Fig. 2 represents a vertical crosssection taken onaplane indicated by the line 00 at, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents ahorizontal section taken on a plane indicated by the line y y, Fig. 1.Fig. 4 represents a front view of the bushing before it is applied tothe buckle.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and cheap article bywhich woven or leather straps may be securely attached to the loop partof a buckle, so that the end of the said strap will be well protectedand prevented from ravelin g, and thatpart ot'the strap which is bentover the loop of the buckle will i not wear; and my improvement consistsin constructing a sheet-metal plate in such a manner that it may be bentover the ends and around the edges of the above-mentioned strap, andalso around the loop of the buckle, and finally be fastened to the strapby means of eyelets, thus acting as a bushing to the strap andpreventing it from being destroyed by the wearing on the loop of thebuckle.

Heretot'ore woven or leather straps were mostly bent over the loop ofthe buckle and their end secured to their main body by sewing it on, andthe strain brought to bear against that portion of the strap whichencircles the loop soon caused it to be worn through and to becomeuseless, as also did the insufficient protection against raveling,

2. The dotted line 1 in Fig. 4. indicates where it is bent for the firsttime. The strap 0 is now laid over the plate, as shown in Fig. 2, itsend hanging over the main body of the plate and reaching to the line 2,Fig. 4. The lower arm, Z), of the plate is then turned up, as indicatedin Fig. 2, and on the line 2, thus protecting the end of the strap 0,and then bent again around both thicknesses of the strap, as shown inFig. 3 and indicated by the dotted line 3. Thelast end, it, of the plateis then bent around the main strap and concealed between the same andthe first bend of the plate, when the eyelet i fastens the strap 0 andits end to the different bends or portions of the plate A, encirclingand dividing said strap and its end.

It will be seen that by this method the plate A is divided into fiveparts, (I, 0,)", g, and :h The part (I encircles the loop of the buckle,and may be made long enough, if desired, to be also held by the eyelet 5but I do not consider it necessary. The portion 0 divides the end of thestrap 0 from its main body, and, with the part f, protects said end fromraveling. The partf protects the outside of the end of the strap, while1 covers the upper part of the main strap, It being only long enough toprevent the end of the plate from hanging outside.

It will thus be seen that three thicknesses of the plate and twoot thestrap are held by the eyelet, the strap being protected on all sides bythe plate. That portion of the plate which encircles the loop of thebuckle takes away all the wear (generally considerable on that place)from the strap. The whole being secured by the eyelets makes it a verysimple and cheap means of attachment.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The metallic plate or bushing A, constructedsubstantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and described.

2. The manner of attaching the strap 0 to the buckle B, substantially asherein set forth and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 21st day ofJune, 1866.

H. H. MANSFIELD.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MCNAMARA, ALEX. F. RoBERTs.

